Congrats! But even so, NNN deserves better if you ask me. I’m actually a bit surprised at the Gold Winner, though whether pleasantly or unpleasantly I cannot yet tell. “I Kill Giants” was beautiful and all, but for me it’s sort of the standard for a decent graphic novel, and while I’ll recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good comic, I’ve still read better. This might just be my opinion, but I think “Scott Pilgrim” and “Not Simple” could easily give IKG a run for it’s money. Either way, I’ve read NNN more than any of these, and I keep coming back to it over, and over, and over. You friggin’ wipe the floor with these guys, Dan!

Hi Dan,
You’ve been such an inspiration to me over the years both as an artist and a writer. I came across your website several years back and recently came back to your website. I am glad it’s still standing and that your style has remained the same. Congratulations on the award!

ya’know Dan, it seems that my best comments are manifested when you PURPOSELY take your site down at the same moment I’m developing them. for this I will never forgive you and you will obviously never suffer the humiliation you’d have had to face had I been able to successfully post. so I guess congratulations to you. fucker. tomoyo42 ftw. ಠ_ಠ

I used to think that’s how it worked, but if that’s how it worked, Dan must have the patience of a fucking saint to avoid updating weeks, sometimes months, on end of us verbally abusing the hell out of him.

I think Dan updates based on OUR patience. I think he reads the individual comments, and bases how impatient we’re getting based upon how much MEANER the comments are getting. When a good proportion of the readers go from posting our usual ha-ha-that’s-mean shenanigans to pure contempt for Dan and his lack of updates, then he’s all “Lolz I guess I can update…. PSYCH! ITS JUST A NEW SIDE PICTURE!” or “PSYCH! IT’S JUST A DUTCH TRANSLATION OF T42R STRIPS!”

Ohara
Hey, Ohara! Thanks again for the Kanami fanart, I’ll put it up soon…

As for making money with comics — my real fear might be editorial influence. If I need to depend on comics to make money, I’d probably have to end up making a different sort of comic (something popular and easy that allows frequent updates and goes viral easily — gag strips, current events commentary strips, comics that pander to the social media crowd). And then I’d probably end up hating comics, and I don’t that to happen. Honestly, I’d probably just kill myself if this happened (or just drink and read all day and wait until I love comics again).

If I could decouple money from editorial influence and popularity, I wouldn’t have any good grounds for complaint. Maybe I should set up a donation page after all? Eh…

Jollin’
Were you expecting a moe reply?
Too bad! It’s just me, glasses-Dan!

cwDeici
Man, I’m ALREADY working (or “working”) on comics full time. More money isn’t going to help things get any faster — it’d just help me do it for longer. Speed depends on how confident I am on the worthiness of the project and the difficulty of the current section . : /

I’ve seen a BBS that mangaka exchanging information. They always complain for editors’
sh*tty requests. In any fields, commercial creators have to fight for such pressers. If you
hate presser as a commercial artist, it’s ok but manga drawing is so difficult as just a hobby.
I’m afraid no financial rewards may break your motivation to create